Groundskeeping receptacle with integrated trash picker retainer

Abstract

A groundskeeping receptacle has a sidewall with an indentation dimensioned to accept and retain by snap fit a trash picker having a pair of jaws, a lower stem and an upper stem. The interior surface of the sidewall further comprises a pair of diametrically opposed vertical guides, into which a selectively removable divider slides. The exterior surface of the sidewall comprises a plurality of female accessory attachment points, to which a person can attach accessories such as pockets, having at least one corresponding male attachment points.

I claim: 
     
       1. A groundskeeping receptacle with integrated trash picker retainer, comprising:
 a. a bottom; 
 b. a sidewall attached to and rising vertically upward from the bottom, thereby defining an interior space, this sidewall having:
 i. an exterior surface; 
 ii. an interior surface; 
 iii. a top circumferential edge opposite the bottom; and 
 iv. an indentation of a lower stem of a trash picker made into the top circumferential edge, this indentation extending downward along the sidewall toward the bottom and branching out into two jaws, this indentation dimensioned to selectively accept and retain by snap fit a lower stem and two jaws of a trash picker; 
 
 c. a first vertical guide attached to the interior surface of the sidewall, directly against the indentation; 
 d. a second vertical guide attached to the interior surface of the sidewall, diametrically opposed to the first vertical guide; 
 e. a selectively removable divider that slides downward into the first vertical guide and second vertical guide, all the way to the bottom, thereby dividing the interior space in half; 
 f. a plurality of female accessory attachment points disposed on the exterior surface of the sidewall; and 
 g. a pair of diametrically opposed buttons attached to the exterior surface of the sidewall, these buttons circumferentially spaced apart from the indentation. 
 
     
     
       2. The groundskeeping receptacle of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of accessories having at least one male attachment point dimensioned to couple to, and be retained by, a corresponding female attachment point. 
     
     
       3. The groundskeeping receptacle of  claim 2 , wherein the accessories having at least one male attachment point comprise pockets. 
     
     
       4. The groundskeeping receptacle of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom, the sidewall, the first vertical guide, the second vertical guide, the divider and the female accessory attachment points are made from a rigid and waterproof material. 
     
     
       5. The groundskeeping receptacle of  claim 2 , wherein the bottom, the sidewall, the first vertical guide, the second vertical guide, the divider and the female accessory attachment points are made from high-density polyethylene.